St. Paul daily globe., 1887-10-02
gland in the book is called Finland.
There they remained happy for some


was packed off to the convent of Nym-
phenburg in Bavaria. Afterward she
went to SchleSwig- -Holstein.
From SchleSwig- HolStein tie little girl
was taken to Italy, where she was put
into the Ursuline convent at Milan,
where she remained some time. Then
she travelled in Italy with Uncle LuSdi
and Lady Anna, and finally TINY
brought up i'll England. Here Lady
Annals health became very poor, and
the doctors said she must have long
sea voyage. Uncle Edward came
around ami bade them an affectionate
farewell, and said that when he and
Sophia-Ade were all alone she
might call him father"
IF SHE WOULD DO so IN A WHISPER.
Lady Anna got vastly better here. but
the fever broke out, and Uncle Lundi
decided to take his charges to Quito,
the capital of Ecuador, where he had
some friends. The royal party entered
Quito astraddle of mules; and they
would have staid there if they could
have endured the filth. But they left
Quito and went to New Orleans. From
New Orleans they went to Hampton,
Va. Then they went to New Orleans.
and Uncle Lundi was about to build a
house for Sophia-Adelaide, but the
cholera broke out, and an Ohio man
who WAS holding a government office in
the Crescent City told them that the
only really safe place in the country
was Dayton, o. So they went to Day
ton.
Dayton, in proportion to its size, was
at the time suffering from the cholera
rather more severely than any city in
that part of the country, and Uncle
Lundi was promptly stricken down.
ht- nn1- esrrrs, nod nd cyot Il
the count could not live. Sophia
Adelaide was then sent for, and on his
death-bed, between cramps. the count
told Sophia-Adeiaide the secret of her
birth.
Her father. Prince Albert, he said,
had, prior to his betrothal to Queen
Victoria, become enamOred of lady OF
the court. Countess Reuss. with whom
he contracted a mOrganatic marriage.
At about the same time the negotiations
which ended in the marriage with the
queen had been concluded, and Prince
Albert soon found himself with two
wives on his handS-a wife who was
queen and wife who was countess.
The countess wife was, however, very
easily explained away: and things went
on very comfortably until both wives
became mothers, which interesting
events occurred at about the same time
-to-wit, in the latter part of November,
1910. 1t was just this delicate moment,
when ''Uncle Edward" considering his
titles and names and all, had about as
much on his hands as any one man
ought to have. that his countess wife
picked out favorable season
IN WHICH TO BECOME OBSTREPEROUS.
The new baby at Windsor Castle was
Explained away" to her by the best
legal talent in the country: it was shown
as conclusively as logic could show any
thing that it was ''ail right and ''an a
mistake" and that Uncle Edward was
constable of Windsor Castle, and was
besides grand master of the MaSonS and
had TO be at the lodge good deal, to say
nothing of having to drill with all the
military Companies he belonged to, and
| was busy receiving callers, and really
hadn't a moment just then, but would
see about it later and fix things all COM
| Portable.
But it was no use. The Countess
ReuSS insisted that the Windsor Castle
baby should be removed and her baby
put in its place. 1t was avery awkward
situation. and nothing could be done
about it, so the countess was left to her
own devices. She had no end of money,
and she corrupted the servants at Wind
sor Castle. and especially the nurse who
had immediate charge of the royal baby.
The nurses name was Mrs. Brough.
The ReusS baby was surreptitiously in
troduced to Windsor Castle, and one day
when Mrs. Brough had the royal baby
alone she changed it for the Reuss baby,
and the royal baby was taken away to
the countess, who soon after died. AS
the only difference between the two
babies was the mere matter of greater or
| less intensity of redness. the exchange
was not detected.
Before the countess gave birth to her
| child, however, she was married to the
Count de Lundi, so that the baby who
was fraudulently at Windsor castle had
been duly provided with an official
father. The count did this and took
charge of the abducted baby just to
oblige his old friend. Prince Albert.
They had been chums from youth up.
All this the Count de Lundi told
Sophia-Adelaide as he lay dying in a
little cottage he had rented in Dayton,
o. 1t was not he who had undertaken
all this. 1t was his brother, the Count
de Lundi, who was murdered near
PoiSSy, and, in taking charge of the alb
Quoted child after his brothers death.
he had merely carried out his brothers.
life-WOrk. AS he felt himself near his
end and saw clearly into the future he
thought that Sophia-Adelaide would be
better protected in the world if she bore
his name; so Oh his deathbed he and the
| girl, then about fifteen years old, were
married by Father Ham, priest of
Dayton, and in a few minutes the new
COUNTESS DE LUNDI WAS A WIDOW.
Within two days after this the faith
full Lady Anna Campbell died, and both
she and the count were buried in
Dayton.
Sophia-Adelaide and her maid then
went to live with Mr.. Pierce in New
| Orleans, whose acquaintance the count
| had made while there. During her so
| journ in New Orleans she received let
tiers from "Uncle Edward" who advised
her to return TO Europe, where Uncle
Edward had for her "a safe retreat in
which she could enjoy the blessings of
peace and repose for the rest of her
Iife' The ideas that this retreat
suggested to Sophia-Adelaide were not
wholly fascinating, and she wrote to
Dr.. BrOdbeck, of Dayton, who cOncurred
with her in not regarding the retreat as
wholly beyond suspicion. So she wrote
to Uncle Edward and said she would
prefer to remain in America for time
at least; and Uncle Edward wrote back
some chilly letters. In fact, from that
time on the cOldneSS between him and
Sophia Adelaide continued to grow, and
correspondence dropped between them;
| and that was the last OF Uncle Edward.
In the meantime there had been cele-
brated at st. James palace, Jan. %,
1857, a very brilliant marriage. and that
was the marriage of the Princess ROYAL
of England with the Crown-Prince of
Germany, an event which Sophia-Ade-
laide read about with emotions which
| were not wholly pleasant. In Cincin-
natl the wandering princess married
lawyer whom she had employed to look
after her affairs. She was subsequently
| divorced from him, and she says that
| he then married her maid.